Dr. Naoum Tsolakis is an Associate Professor in Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Department of Supply Chain Management, School of Economics and Business Administration, International Hellenic University (Greece), where he focuses on designing, analyzing, and managing multi-level supply network operations across a range of industrial sustainability and digitalization applications and with an interdisciplinary outlook. Before joining the International Hellenic University and after completing his doctoral studies in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), he was a Research Associate in industrial systems and network analysis at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge (U.K.), where he focused on the simulation modeling and optimization of end-to-end supply chain operations to assess emerging configurational designs for the efficient management of industrial manufacturing networks. His research and practice interests are in the areas of: operations management and research; simulation modeling and analysis of sustainable supply chains; systems thinking; system dynamics; digital manufacturing networks’ design, configuration, and management; intelligent autonomous systems for applications in industrial, agrifood and pharmaceutical manufacturing networks; water footprint; natural resources’ stewardship; circular economy; digital sustainability; and food security.